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A national bestseller when first published in 1901, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch endures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a Kentucky author. This immensely popular novel spawned several movies (with such stars as W.C. Fields and Shirley Temple), countless stage productions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rice, Alice Hegan, 1870-1942
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Widows.
Rural families.
Poor women.
Poor families.
FICTION > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Familles rurales > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Familles pauvres > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes pauvres > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Veuves > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Rural families > Fiction.
Poor families > Fiction.
Poor women > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Southern States > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A national bestseller when first published in 1901, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch endures today as one of the most memorable literary creations by a Kentucky author. This immensely popular novel spawned several movies (with such stars as W.C. Fields and Shirley Temple), countless stage productions, radio shows, and even dolls. Alice Hegan Rice spins the memorable tale of a family struggling against all odds in the Cabbage Patch, an old Louisville slum ""where ramshackle cottages played hop-scotch over the railroad tracks."" This hopeful story follows the Wiggs as they face eviction from thei.
Physical Description:1 online resource (168 pages).
ISBN:9780813158211

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